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general surgery

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland and certain diseases of the skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 普通外科 (pǔtōng wàikē) — surgical specialty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 普外科 (pǔwàikē) — surgical specialty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 普外 (pǔwài) — surgical specialty
  • Finnish: yleiskirurgia — surgical specialty
  • Vietnamese: phẫu thuật tổng quát — surgical specialty